cik

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪʔ]
• Hyphenation: cik

From Malay cik.

cik (first-person possessive cikku, second-person possessive cikmu, third-person possessive ciknya)

1. clipping of encik
2. clipping of kecik

From Minangkabau cik.

cik (first-person possessive cikku, second-person possessive cikmu, third-person possessive ciknya)

1. dung

   Synonyms: cirit, tahi

From Dutch chic, from French chic (“elegant”), probably from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”), from Middle High German schicken (“to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately”), causative of Middle High German geschehen, geschēn (“to happen, rush”), from Old High German giskehan (“to happen”), from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną (“to run, move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to run, jump, spring”).

cik

1. (archaic) chic, elegant

   Synonyms: bagus, rapi, menarik

From Hokkien 閃／闪 (sihⁿ, “to sway”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

cik

1. shoo!

cik (first-person possessive cikku, second-person possessive cikmu, third-person possessive ciknya)

1. 300 cekak of morphine powder

• “cik” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Akin to Latvian cik.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sʲik]
• Hyphenation: cik

cik

1. how

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

Akin to Latgalian cik and Lithuanian kiek.

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cik

1. how
2. how much
3. how many

cik (Jawi spelling چيق, plural cik-cik, informal 1st possessive cikku, 2nd possessive cikmu, 3rd possessive ciknya)

1. miss (title for girl or unmarried woman)
2. Ms (title for unmarried or married woman)

• “cik” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

cik

1. bad, evil

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɕik˥/
• Tone numbers: cik⁷
• Hyphenation: cik

From Chinese 尺 (MC tsyhek).

cik (Sawndip forms 𰍵 or 𰒷 or 𠲔, 1957–1982 spelling cik)

1. measuring stick; ruler

cik (Sawndip forms 𰍵 or 𰒷 or 𠲔, 1957–1982 spelling cik)

1. chi; Chinese foot (equivalent to ¹/₃ meter)

From Chinese 隻 (MC tsyek).

cik (Sawndip forms 𰍵 or 𰒷 or 𠲔, 1957–1982 spelling cik)

1. Classifier for one of a pair.